Jeanette (or Jeannette, Jeannetta or Jeanetta) is a female name, a diminutive form of the name Jeanne. Other variations are Janette and Janet. The name is derived from the Hebrew "God is gracious".
Notable people Jeanette (born 1951), Spanish singer Jeanette Antolin (born 1981), American gymnast Jeannette Armstrong (born 1948), Canadian author Jeanetta Arnette (born 1954), American actress Jeanette Aw (born 1979), Singaporean actress Jeannette Osborn Baylies (1912–1984), American clubwoman Jeannette Benavides (born 1952), Costa Rican nanotechnologist and physical chemist Jeannette Jara (born 1974), Chilean politician and lawyer Jeanette Berglind (1816–1903), Swedish sign language pedagogue Jeanette Biedermann (born 1980), German singer and actress Jeannette Bougrab, French lawyer and politician Jeanette Burrage (born 1952), American politician Jeannette Campbell (1916–2003), Argentine Olympic swimmer Jeanette Crossley (1949–2015), New Zealand biochemist Jeanette Dyrkjær (1963–2011), Danish nude model and adult actress Jeannette Escanilla (born 1961), Swedish politician Jeannette zu Fürstenberg (born 1982), German businesswoman Jeannette Gadson (1945–2007), New York politician Jeanette Granberg (1825–1857), Swedish playwright Jeanette Guysi (1873–1966), American painter Jeannette Lee, British music record executive Jeannette H. Lee (formerly Jeannette Lee White), American entrepreneur Jeanette Lee (born 1971), American professional pool player Jeanette Loff (1906–1942), American actress and singer
Jeanette MacDonald (1903–1965), American actress and singer Jennette McCurdy (born 1992), American actress Jeanette DuBois Meech (1835–1911), American evangelist and industrial educator Jeanetta Calhoun Mish (born 1961), American poet Jeannette Ng, Hong Kong-born British fantasy author Jeanette Oppenheim (born 1952), Danish lawyer and politician, MEP Jeannette Rankin (1880–1973), American social worker, first woman elected to the United States Congress Jeanette Ullyett (born 1986), New Zealand cricketer Jeannette Walls (born 1960), American writer Jeannette Walworth (1835–1918), American novelist, journalist Jeanette Wässelius (1784–1853), Swedish opera singer Jeanette Winterson (born 1959), British novelist
Fictional characters Jeannette (comics), a fictional banshee in the DC Comics Universe Jeanette Miller, one of the Chipettes in Alvin and the Chipmunks Jeanette Turner is one of the two main protagonists of Freeform's 2021 miniseries Cruel Summer
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